HALEYVILLE  - Students at the Haleyville Center of Technology have truly experienced how one of their projects can have a far reaching effect of helping others,  now that project has earned them into the Elite 8 at a state level competition possibly facing nationals.

DELMAR - Ricky Odom, of Walker County and driver of a Ford L9000 log truck, had the fright of his life when a Norfolk Southern train struck his vehicle at a railroad crossing.

WINSTON COUNTY   - Residents in Winston County were left shocked and the county Republican party saddened by the upcoming resignation of Tommy Moore as sheriff effective Nov. 30.

HALEYVILLE - Haleyville High School has a new HOBY representative.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - The Winston County Commission approved the following items during their Tuesday, Nov. 12, meeting:

WINSTON COUNTY - The last day a person could qualify to be a political candidate for either of the major political parties for the March 3, 2020 primary elections was Friday, Nov. 8, as both candidates and voters are urged to keep in mind several important points in the coming months.

BEAR CREEK - The Bear Creek Town Council is showing they mean business when it comes to collecting past due fees for water service, especially since the collection process is hindering the repairs of numerous water leaks throughout the town.

HOOVER - The Meek High School Band has truly lived up to its name - The Band of Champions - by earning top honors in 1A at the second annual Alabama State Marching Band Championship.

WINSTON COUNTY - Fall is here, along with colder temperatures. When the daytime highs reach the 60 degrees range, something else arrives, much to the chagrin of many folks: the ladybugs.

HALEYVILLE - With no ATRIP II money coming in this cycle of the new program, the City of Haleyville is seeking out other avenues to obtain money for road repairs.

PHIL CAMPBELL - Northwest-Shoals Community College hosted a Good Roots Grant tree planting ceremony Nov. 5, on the Phil Campbell campus as part of the Clean Home Alabama initiative.

JASPER - The Jasper Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating Lonnie L. Taylor.

HALEYVILLE  - A Haleyville man has been charged with cruelty to animals after he not only shot his neighbor’s dog but tied a nylon lumber strap around its neck and hung it by the rope out the window of a vehicle as he drove down the road in his neighborhood.

BIRMINGHAM - A Walker County man who was selling methamphetamine out of his Nauvoo business was sentenced on October 24, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris.

HALEYVILLE - Walk in the saloon, hear the piano player, miss the spittoon, jingle your spurs and drink some whiskey. No, this was not a saloon somewhere in the Old West but a saloon right here in Haleyville.

HAMILTON - Tombigbee Electric Coop has announced a $774,000 Appalachian Regional Commission grant will be applied  to furthering the ongoing regional project connecting both homes and commerce in rural Alabama to high speed internet service.

ARLEY - Residents from Pine Place assisted living facility in Arley were evacuated to Meek High School Thursday morning, Oct 24, after heavy smoke was reported at the assisted living facility.

HALEYVILLE  - Residents in need, who receive assistance each week from Main Street Ministries, have inspired a partnership between the Winston County Extension Office and Haleyville City Schools to work on a project with an unlimited outreach.

DOUBLE SPRINGS  - School children may not realize it, but they often have strangers in their bedrooms or in their homes.